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The Greatest Story Ever Told by Douglas K. Mikkelson
SciFier: £67.49The 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told" ranks among the most popular "Jesus movies" ever made. However, the film inevitably leads viewers to ask, "Is that in the Bible, or did they make that up,... -
Cinemulacrum by Aaron Sultanik
SciFier: £37.99Cinemulacrum, a conflation of "cinema," the art of the Hollywood film, and simulacrum, a reality counterfeit, was coined to designate contemporary media culture. This period is distinguished by the... -
Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, & Eve's Bayou as Histories Sandra M. Grayson 9780761817277
SciFier: £51.99Examples of constructing history through film, the three fictional narratives which are the focus of Sandra Grayson's study provide insight into how the role of the African American woman has been... -
Attached to the Mouse by Holly Crawford
SciFier: £41.99The Mouse and the Duck are celebrities created by Disney through its new art form, the animated cartoon. Using various outlets including mass-media, television, and theme parks, Disney made the Mouse... -
Screening Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability Christopher R. Smit 9780761820161
SciFier: £87.99Depictions and portrayals of persons who live with disability in motion pictures have changed over time, sometimes reflecting, at other times influencing, societal attitudes and beliefs. Yet... -
Flannery O'Connor's Characters Laurence Enjolras 9780761810407
SciFier: £56.99Flannery O'Connor's Characters, a synthetical analysis of recurrent character types in Flannery O'Connor's short fiction, follows fallen men along the path leading to their redemption.About the... -
Screening Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability Christopher R. Smit 9780761820178
SciFier: £72.49Depictions and portrayals of persons who live with disability in motion pictures have changed over time, sometimes reflecting, at other times influencing, societal attitudes and beliefs. Yet... -
The Death of Art by B. R. Sharma
SciFier: £37.99The Death of Art evaluates the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno's ideas on music, visual arts, and literature and their relevance to today's mass culture. Adorno drew concepts and inspiration from... -
Film Stories Michael Roemer 9780761844877
SciFier: £51.99This volume contains three new screenplays by the writer-director of the prize-winning films Nothing But a Man, The Plot Against Harry, Vengeance is Mine and Pilgrim, Farewell.About the... -
The Diplomacy of Surprise by Michael I. Handel
SciFier: £68.99Today even strong democratic leaders do not hesitate to employ unorthodox means to achieve swift policy changes. The diplomacy of surprise is their most effective tool. This pioneering work explores... -
Our Space, Our Place: Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television Sherry Ginn 9780761832157
SciFier: £46.99In Our Space, Our Place: Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television, author Sherry Ginn explores the portrayals of female characters in popular Sci Fi television programs. The programs... -
Using Film to Teach New Testament by Mark G. Boyer
SciFier: £72.49In Using Film to Teach New Testament, Mark Boyer presents to literate educators, a method of using movies to teach the basic New Testament themes to students. Boyer helps bridge the hermeneutical gap... -
Over the Top Judaism by Elliot B. Gertel
SciFier: £77.99Over the Top Judaism offers criticism of scores of television episodes and films, mainly between 1980 and 2002, that highlight the beliefs and practices of Judaism, real or perceived. Author Elliot... -
Images Out of Africa: The Virginia Garner Diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project Virginia Garner 9780761853817
SciFier: £43.99Missionaries played a fundamental role in introducing cinema into the developing world in the early twentieth century. These representatives of the Christian community diligently produced films about... -
Images Out of Africa: The Virginia Garner Diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project Virginia Garner 9780761853800
SciFier: £88.49Missionaries played a fundamental role in introducing cinema into the developing world in the early twentieth century. These representatives of the Christian community diligently produced films about... -
Cult Films: Taboo and Transgression Allan Havis 9780761839675
SciFier: £38.99Cult Films: Taboo and Transgression looks at nine decades of cult films history within American culture. By highlighting three films per decade including a brief summary of the decade's identity and... -
Artists on the Art of Survival by Bill Mesce, Jr.
SciFier: £63.49From across the spectrum of the arts-theater to music, painting to poetry, and everything in between-men and women from the creative front lines share their experiences and insights on the often... -
Dead'er by Roger R. Blenman
SciFier: £27.99June 13, 1886, in the new city of Vancouver, fifteen-year-old Noble enters the office of the Northwest Timber Company in a hand-me-down suit. He tries to pass for a man fit to work on a logging crew... -
Romance Film by Norman Kagan
SciFier: £27.99Romance Film is a critical history of significant romance films from Hollywood and abroad. Kagan discusses, among others, Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Marlon Brando in A... -
The Judgment of the Crows by Steven Carter, Henderson State University
SciFier: £38.99In The Judgment of the Crows: Parables & Fables, Steven Carter breathes new life into two of the world's oldest art forms. At times hilarious, poignant, and profound, the entries in The Judgment of... -
Understanding Comedy through College Comedies by Norman Kagan
SciFier: £38.99Understanding Comedy through College Comedies explains the nature of comedy through the study of college comedy films, including classics (College, The Freshman); romantic/screwball comedies (Where... -
Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida Blair Miller 9780761859949
SciFier: £61.99Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise of Jacksonville in... -
Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida Blair Miller 9780761859956
SciFier: £33.99Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise of Jacksonville in... -
Amy Schumer and Philosophy by Charlene Elsby
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74Why read a book about Amy Schumer and philosophy? After all, Amy Schumer is primarily known as a comedian, though she is also an actor, writer, and producer. One reason is that it will be...